The continuing adventures of a chemical engineer whose passion is knitting; with a few other crafts thrown in for good measure.

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Bunny Love

With the weather being as lousy as it has been in the month of May, I hadn’t gone out to do yard work for quite a while. About two weeks ago, I went out to inspect the yard. I noticed a clump of animal fur in our back yard under the platform area of the children’s slide.

The fur looked like rabbit to me. I thought to myself, there could only be one reason a rabbit would deposit that amount of fur in one area; a warren. Last Sunday, I decided to take a peek under the fluff covering. I saw a tiny head with tiny ears surrounded by other fur bodies. I covered it back up because I didn’t want to disturb them. The next day, I saw some of the fluff covering had been removed. I went to look. There were at least five bunnies that I could count; still huddled cosily together in their warren.

The following day, they were out of the warren. There were seven of the cutest baby bunnies you have ever seen.

They only stayed with us for one day after they came out of the warren. I was so sad to see them go. I had come to think of myself as their surrogate mother. Kids grow up so fast.

About Me

I have a Masters degree in Chemical Engineering and am currently a practicing professional engineer. I went down to part time in September 2013 so I could be there more for my family. Even though I was a full time engineer, knitting was always a huge part of my life. I taught knitting at the Living Arts Centre in Mississauga from Sep 2007 - Apr 2008. I was also a test knitter for Joanne Yordanou's book, Twelve Months of Knitting. I was recently involved in teaching knitting to Grades 6, 7, and 8 at River Oaks Public School in Oakville. Now, I am the knitting, crocheting, and jewelry instructor at the Michaels in Oakville.